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Oishi Yoshio
Ōishi Yoshio (大石良雄 1659 - March 20, 1703) was the karō of the Akō han in Harima Province (now Hyogo Prefecture), Japan (1679 - 1701). He is known as the leader of the Forty-seven Ronin in their 1702 vendetta and thus the hero of the Chushingura.
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